tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post6549419946424582586..comments2020-06-06T08:12:49.130-04:00Comments on Our Nest In The City: Six years later, six reasons why we still don't do SantaEmily Morricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-15280486432698540872018-12-05T18:54:35.184-05:002018-12-05T18:54:35.184-05:00Ark lots of spelling mistakes. Santa as the joy* (...Ark lots of spelling mistakes. Santa as the joy* (not &quot;hot&quot;)Miss Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540087745708012268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-72873162278463747592018-12-05T18:52:36.415-05:002018-12-05T18:52:36.415-05:00Hi!
I am not a parent but reading this I think I m...Hi!<br />I am not a parent but reading this I think I may have to agree not to indulge in Santa antics either. One thing I love about Santa though is that to me, Santa is love and Christmas spirit. I&#39;m not really religion, or at all, so maybe you might say that love our Christmas spirit is God, but I don&#39;t really relate to that. I&#39;d be interested in hearing about what you thought of including Santa but instead of the personification of him, to describe Santa as the hot, sharing, love between friends, family etc. E.g. not writing to Santa but believing in the spirit of Christmas. Is that way too complex for a child?<br /><br />KarenMiss Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540087745708012268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-67985586780902409702016-12-21T13:16:18.301-05:002016-12-21T13:16:18.301-05:00We don&#39;t do Santa either. Honestly, we didn&#3...We don&#39;t do Santa either. Honestly, we didn&#39;t put much thought into it at the time. We just never brought him into the conversation and then our kids saw an episode of Paw Patrol that Santa was on. And they just assumed he was pretend like Paw Patrol - or just on TV - like Paw Patrol. Our family&#39;s don&#39;t stress Santa and the gifts they get they know are from mom and dad, or grandma and grandpa. <br /><br />Dave and I never even discussed it honestly. I am just super thankful how the Lord worked that out that we never even had to make it a conscious decision or a confusing time for our kids. That paw patrol episode was an unexpected blessing ;) <br /><br />KirstenKirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791169237218736586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-80445057644481135432016-12-14T19:47:50.711-05:002016-12-14T19:47:50.711-05:00ps - I just checked out your blog, and I LOVE &quo...ps - I just checked out your blog, and I LOVE &quot;Our Philosophy&quot; :)Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-59594066527311059132016-12-14T19:45:59.675-05:002016-12-14T19:45:59.675-05:00aw, thank you Renee!
Merry Christmas to you and yo...aw, thank you Renee!<br />Merry Christmas to you and yours :)Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-53760206762250579102016-12-14T19:45:35.290-05:002016-12-14T19:45:35.290-05:00You&#39;re right, you can still make Christmas tot...You&#39;re right, you can still make Christmas totally materialistic even without Santa! I think as Christians we need to pray about how we celebrate Jesus&#39; coming, but we may not all end up with the same conclusion, and that&#39;s OK :) Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-79527254106746668502016-12-14T19:44:24.314-05:002016-12-14T19:44:24.314-05:00Thanks for sharing brie. Some years are easier tha...Thanks for sharing brie. Some years are easier than others with planning and organizing, eh? Sounds like you&#39;ve struck a good balance for your family, and now the key is keeping ourselves in check even as adults, to not let the materialism get out of hand. It&#39;s tempting, I can relate! But whether the true reason you celebrate is family time together, or God sending his son, if we agree that it&#39;s not gifts than we have to follow that to the finish line. I have relatives who really indulge and give amazing gifts at the holidays and I&#39;m trying to keep my mind off those things, but it&#39;s not always easy, is it?Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-89510095551870512922016-12-14T19:39:31.812-05:002016-12-14T19:39:31.812-05:00Thanks for commenting, Kari! There are like 1,000 ...Thanks for commenting, Kari! There are like 1,000 things I&#39;d do differently, and I&#39;m only 6 years into parenting :) <br />Merry Christmas!Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-74950116617087308542016-12-14T19:38:35.557-05:002016-12-14T19:38:35.557-05:00Hi Genevieve, thank you so much for your kind word...Hi Genevieve, thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciatre you commenting, and following my blog :) <br />I&#39;m so glad to hear that you&#39;ve felt welcome here as a reader that doesn&#39;t align with my faith. My goal is to be authentic about my beliefs but to have a respectful and open voice that all women can relate to, if possible. I&#39;m really happy to hear that&#39;s been your experience as a reader. <br />Thanks again,<br />Joyeux Noel + Bonne Annee!<br />xoEmily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-66083428150694527122016-12-14T19:35:56.859-05:002016-12-14T19:35:56.859-05:00oh man, an uncle dressing up and kids expected to ...oh man, an uncle dressing up and kids expected to participate is TOUGH! Thankfully in a couple years it will be understood that Santa isn&#39;t real (this really isn&#39;t a life-long issue for kids, so that&#39;s comforting!)<br />I would talk honestly with your parents (or whichever relatives established this tradition) and share your views. My parents didn&#39;t love our plan to omit Santa, but in the end they&#39;ve been respectful about it, but it meant having the conversation which isn&#39;t always fun, but worth it!<br />Emily Morricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331780147271948152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-12314803570642005872016-12-14T06:13:19.024-05:002016-12-14T06:13:19.024-05:00Love this post... we&#39;ve never done Santa eithe...Love this post... we&#39;ve never done Santa either for every single reason you&#39;ve mentioned, but I could never say it so well, so thank you for this post! Have a blessed Christmas and thanks for blogging your passions, convictions and thoughts. Your words always bless me!renee.lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861386396998299134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-51964571165688511502016-12-12T22:30:06.497-05:002016-12-12T22:30:06.497-05:00I&#39;m a Christian and think that we will do the ...I&#39;m a Christian and think that we will do the whole Santa thing... I did it as a kid and loved it! Our family is not materialistic. We always got one or two toys from Santa and that was it... I know of people who don&#39;t do Santa and still have presents galore at Christmas time... I&#39;m not sure you can blame too many presents on Santa... since he isn&#39;t real! ;) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-76330043377775587302016-12-12T17:53:55.646-05:002016-12-12T17:53:55.646-05:00We also don&#39;t share your Christian faith, but ...We also don&#39;t share your Christian faith, but I have problems with Santa. Last year it didn&#39;t seem pressing, but this year, the material aspect of Christmas has kind of grabbed hold of my son. Last year, I had an Advent calendar with Christmas &quot;to do&#39;s&quot;, and I think that helped. I just wasn&#39;t on the ball this year with it. Here&#39;s a link if anyone wants to check it out! http://www.happygomama.com/activities-advent-calendar/<br /><br />I&#39;m not positive how to tackle it. We kind of figured we&#39;d let him do Santa stuff as it comes up in school and library,but not indulge it much at home. When he started piecing together the contradiction and problems with the Santa story, we&#39;d let him realize it&#39;s not true on his own. That&#39;s how my family did it. I&#39;m having real trouble with the materialism and Christmas though, both as he displays it and I feel in myself. This post has given me a few ideas, as well as some confidence that my son will somewhat understand that we do things differently. Briehttp://www.happygomama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-11797311453191976832016-12-12T14:07:17.396-05:002016-12-12T14:07:17.396-05:00I&#39;ve never commented before, but I loved this ...I&#39;ve never commented before, but I loved this post. We did do Santa with our kids, but always in an extremely low-key way because of conflicts with our faith. But I agree with every one of your points and think you made a very good case. If I had to do it over again, I&#39;d probably do it the same way your are.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949292216808693383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-51272289147802253502016-12-12T13:07:37.866-05:002016-12-12T13:07:37.866-05:00This was such an interesting read. To be honest, I...This was such an interesting read. To be honest, I don&#39;t have any spiritual faith (I totally respect yours though and I really don&#39;t mean to be offensive!). Nevertheless, the whole Santa Claus thing always bugged me. I don&#39;t have kids yet, but I&#39;m considering doing like your family as I really don&#39;t like the idea of lying to loved ones for years, only to disappoint them later on. <br /><br />Actually, most of your arguments are totally in harmony with my personal values, despite we don&#39;t have the same spiritual faith. I think the holidays are a time to spend with loved ones, making good memories together, unwind and give back to people a little less fortunate than us. The whole santa thing steals the spotlight from all those much more important things (to me) and really makes this precious time of the year totally materialistic. <br /><br />Anyway, all of this to say, thank you for sharing this, it feels good to know I am not the only one feeling uneasy with the Santa Claus myth. I always enjoy reading your posts, as I never feel judged for having different religious opinions than you. <br /><br />Joyeux Noël! Genevièvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906460820617853088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463680716547634421.post-12780963325220302572016-12-12T12:55:25.702-05:002016-12-12T12:55:25.702-05:00First comment here: We don&#39;t do Santa, and thi...First comment here: We don&#39;t do Santa, and this post puts my thoughts into words perfectly. We had alot of pushback from friends and family (and strangers!!) about our choice but it really makes Christmas easier. No elf on the shelf, no lying. Our biggest problem is that my in-laws always get an uncle to dress up as Santa on Christmas Day and hand out the gifts. The other kids are so excited but ours are confused. The obligation is each kid has to sit on Santas lap to get their first gift and it feels wrong that our family encourages (sometimes forces) our kids to do it when it goes against our convictions. And then our kids thank their grandparents for their gifts but the other kids think that&#39;s weird because, well, Santa! I hate the whole thing so much I want to keep the kids home and come after Santa does his thing. Any suggestions? Family is so tricky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com